§134e. Sec. 404. Jurisdiction of Appropriations Committees. (As Enacted)

Section 404, as Enacted
Congressional Budget Act of 1974

Jurisdiction of Appropriations Committees

Sec. 404. (a) Amendment of House Rules.—Clause 2 of rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraph (b) as paragraph (e) and by inserting after paragraph (a) the following new paragraphs:

“(b) Rescission of appropriations contained in appropriation Acts preferred to in section 105 of title 1, United States Code).

“(c) The amount of new spending authority described in section 401(c)(2) (A) and (B) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 which is to be effective for a fiscal year.

“(d) New spending authority described in section 401(c)(2)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 provided in bills and resolutions referred to the committee under section 401(b) (2) of that Act (but subject to the provisions of section 401(b) (3) of that Act).”

(b) Amendment of Senate Rules.—Subparagraph (c) of paragraph 1 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended to read as follows:

“(c) Committee on Appropriations, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects:

“1. Except as provided in subparagraph (r), appropriation of the revenue for the support of the Government.

“2. Rescission of appropriations contained in appropriation Acts (referred to in section 105 of title 1, United States Code).

“3. The amount of new spending authority described in section 401(c) (2) (A) and (B) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 provided in bills and resolutions referred to the committee under section 401(b) (2) of that Act (but subject to the provisions of section 401 (b)(3) of that Act).

“4. New advance spending authority described in section 401(c) (2) (C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 provided in bills and resolutions referred to the committee under section 401(b) (2) of that Act (but subject to the provisions of section 401(b) (3) of that Act).”

The managers on the part of the House and the Senate of the conference of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 7130) issued an explanatory statement of the legislation. This was included in a House Budget Committee print in 1975 after the bill’s enactment. It included the following description of this section:

Section 404. Jurisdiction of Appropriations Committees

The House and Senate versions changed the rules of the House and the Senate with respect to the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Committees.

[Joint Explanatory Statement on the Committee of Conference on H.R. 7130; (Committee Print), Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, 93d Congress, 2d Session, Washington D.C. 1975.]

CURRENT SECTION

Sec. 403. Jurisdiction of Appropriations Committees.

Classification to the U.S. Code

This section was not classified to the U.S. Code.

Legislative History Notes

Public Laws

Pub. L. 93–344, §404, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 320. The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 enacted this section into law.

Revision of title 31 of the u.s. code

Most of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was classified to Title 31 of the U.S. Code but has since been transferred either to title 2 (The Congress) or to a revised Title 31. See the following for more information:

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